 Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.  Book three (1901) - Page 189by Isaac Oscar Winslow - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...RULE. — Divide as with whole numbers ; and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places -in the divisor. NOTE 1. — If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...100000. To divide one decimal by another : — RULE. — Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal places than the dividend, annex decimal ciphers... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 370 pages
...ART. 125. 1. To divide one decimal by another: Bule. — Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the NOTES. — 1. When the divisor and dividend contain the same number of decimal places, the quotient... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...RULE. — Divide as with whcle numbers; and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1.—If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be pointed... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 456 pages
...5.5. Thus, we divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Find the quotient of each of the following: 1. .375 - .05 2. 6.25 - .25 3. .268 - .0004 4. 14.25 H-... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...the numbers were integers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of those in the divisor. 1. If the quotient does not contain a sufficient number of decimal places,... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton - Arithmetic - 1892 - 144 pages
...decimals by decimals : Divide as in whole numbers. Point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing noughts when necessary. 18. Divide the product of 10.90... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...hundredths + 25 hun68 dredths = 38, an integral number. Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTE 1 . When the dividend has fewer decimal places than the divisor, annex ciphers to the dividend.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1893 - 228 pages
...45 - From cither of these solutions we derive the following RULK.—Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTE 1.—When there are not as many decimal places in the dividend as in the divisor, annex ciphers... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...the numbers were integers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 1. If the quotient does not contain a sufficient number of decimal places, the deficiency must be supplied... | |
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